The route is based in North Leeds, heading from Headingley, to Weetwood, Lawnswood & Adel, Bramhope and Otley.
Road closures on St Michael’s Lane in Headingley will be in force from 4am on Sunday and are due to be lifted by 6.30pm.
Closures are scheduled to kick in from 7.30am elsewhere in Headingley, 8am around Lawnswood, 8.30am around Adel and Bramhope and 9am around Otley and Pool in Wharfedale.
The marathon itself begins at 9am, with affected roads along the route due to be reopened on a rolling basis through the day as soon as it is safe to do so.
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More than 12,000 runners will take to Leeds’s streets this Sunday (May 14) for the event, being held in honour of rugby league legend and motor neurone disease campaigner Rob Burrow.
The marathon is being staged by Leeds City Council and the not-for-profit sporting events company Jane Tomlinson’s Run For All, with the organising team working hard over recent months to ensure local residents are aware of the various traffic and travel arrangements that will be in place on the 14th.
And, as the big day draws ever nearer, people in Leeds are once again being asked to plan ahead and check out the potential impact of the event on any journeys they might be making in the city.
Starting and ending at Headingley Stadium, the marathon will follow a route around the north west of Leeds and areas such as Woodhouse Moor, West Park, Adel, Bramhope, Lawnswood, Pool in Wharfedale and Otley.
Organisers are anticipating a celebratory atmosphere, with musicians performing at various points along the course and members of the public being invited to turn out and cheer on the runners as they pound their way through some of the city’s most picturesque communities and countryside.
Around 700 volunteers will be on hand to help with the day’s proceedings, while – in a sign of the marathon’s global reach – entrants are coming from as far afield as the USA, Canada, Kuwait, New Zealand and China.
The scale of the event – both in terms of the numbers running and expected spectators – means a major programme of road closures and other traffic measures is required to make sure all goes smoothly and safely.
